Paintings : Nib Painting Instructions & Videos

rajivenugopal · May 12, 2008

re: Paintings : Nib Painting Instructions

hi ashu,

u've done a gr8 job.thanx 4 sharing.

raji.

ashukrishna said: ↑

hello friends...
like to share the steps which helped me learning the nib painting...
hope this helps the beginners....
here v go
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painting is the art in which colours and lines make the visual impression. Besides painting with brushes, knives, spatula, nibs and even twigs are used for painting.
Here, we are going to do a nib painting.
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design

Felt(material on which u want to paint-say chart)

Hard board

Oil paint

Tracing Paper

Pencil Carbon

Glue

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Tools/Accessories
Nibs- 3 types of nibs are available.

Rounded tip to do circle designs

Long tip to do lines

Short pointed tip to draw small sharp lines.

How to Do:
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Decide on the shade scheme of your design. Since the petals are not of the same shade, white and pink paint should be used in good combination to get the double shade. Put the paint straight onto the felt. Press on it or score on the paint using the nib. Wherever a round design is required use the nib with round tip and wherever the small sharp lines are drawn short pointed tip nip is used. Generally long tip nib is used to do the lines. You can also take the paint on the nib and press it against the surface to create the design. You may take 2-3 days to finish off with a design. But do it patiently. You will enjoy this. The design will dry off very slowly, say by 10- days or more. The consistency of the paint is very thick. After the design is fully dried, get it framed.

hope this will help you...
cheers....!!!
ashu
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subharajesh · May 13, 2008

re: Paintings : Nib Painting Instructions

rajivenugopal said: ↑

hi ashu,

u've done a gr8 job.thanx 4 sharing.

raji.
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thanks for sharing
had wait to see the pics

kss_v · May 20, 2008

re: Paintings : Nib Paintings Instructions

Where can i get design books in US or can I get some online? Pls let me know.

Thanks,
kssv

mullai · May 20, 2008

re: Paintings : Nib Paintings Instructions

hi aparna ,
nice work and a detailed instruction too....do you take classes here?
mullai

rama_mani · May 20, 2008

re: Paintings : Nib Paintings Instructions

Hi,

Excellent work. Colour combination is also very good.

nemo · May 22, 2008

re: Paintings : Nib Paintings Instructions

good work
thanks 4 sharing

pls post online how to do it

nemo · May 23, 2008

Re: how to do nib painting

hi aparna,

i'm also from abudhabi.
In abudhabi where i can find these nibs (tools) to do this. pls give details.

bonkthanks in advance

bhu1985 · Jun 24, 2008

re: Paintings : Nib Painting Instructions

Hai,
thanxs for sharing&send more useful methods

AVpoornima · Jun 24, 2008

re: Paintings : Nib Painting Instructions

thanks a lot ashu

kavana · Jun 24, 2008

re: Paintings : Nib Painting Instructions

Thank you very much.. I am also intersted in learning nib painting but I did not get any help. Now, I will also try this. Once again Thank you very much.